Penguine

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song name Penguine
artist El Grupo De Rock And Roll (They Might Be Giants)
releases Dial-A-Song, Podcast 43
year 1982
first played July 18, 1982 (2 known performances)
run time 1:05
sung by John Flansburgh


Trivia/Info

  • Referenced in a 2002 TMBG mailing list update as a song played in Central Park at TMBG's first show. Sample lyrics according to Flansburgh in the email: "Penguin, penguin, all alone and lost, standing, sitting, looks for a place to park."
  • Unheard by They Might Be Giants fans for nearly three decades until it was included in Podcast 43 in 2011, transferred from a Dial-A-Song cassette.
  • This song was also one of the first recordings to be put into rotation on Dial-A-Song in 1983[1], with its only recorded airing being taped in 1989[2].

Song Themes

Animals, Loneliness, Sleep, Transportation

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